Danny ?Boy? Berwick is guaranteed to provide an explosive heavyweight encounter when he takes on Collice Mutizwa at the AT7 Centre in Courthouse Green this Saturday.

While most boxers on their pro debuts can look back on their amateur record to help them make the big step-up, Berwick?s record is of an entirely different kind.

He fought the law, and the law won.

?He came to us because he?d been in and out of jail but always had a dream that he could be a boxer one day,? said Kevin Houston, who runs Capitol Promotions, the firm which stage Saturday?s show at the popular venue.

?To be absolutely fair, he has no ability at all, in the strict boxing sense, you know, but he?s a real brawler, a total street-fighter, and it?s been really hard with him in the gym because he?s been knocking hell out of his sparring partners, which you?re not really supposed to do!?

Originally from Northampton, Berwick has been living at the Capitol HQ in Longford Road for the last six months, working full-time on his fitness in a bid to prove he was worthy of an outing, and also to win his licence from the British Boxing Board of Control.

?He?s had no apprenticeship to speak of,? said Houston, ?but he?s certainly had a lot of fights, if you know what I mean, and we want to help him channel that in the right direction and use his aggression in the right way.

?We?re always on the look-out for new fighters and Danny has proved that he?s worth paying for a professional outing.?

There?s a story going around the gym that Berwick spotted the Capitol Promotions phone number while he was watching a boxing show in prison and Berwick wouldn?t be the first boxer, or the last, to have fought his way out of trouble.

His opponent is no mug and has some good opponents on his record so it should be an entertaining tear-up. Berwick is a non-stop, come-forward, fighter, certainly not a boxer, and it should be a fascinating clash of styles, as they say, because Mutizwa is experienced enough to dodge roundhouse shots.

The question is whether Berwick will catch Mutizwa with a big shot before he runs out of steam, which he will, very quickly, because of the adrenaline from his debut. Then he may be open for the counter-punch. It could end up looking like a typical Saturday night in Nuneaton but, whatever happens, it should be entertaining.